Bowl, Punch
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Punch
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.122
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1750-1770
- Description:
- Punch Bowl. Porcelain. Hemispherical bowl with plain rim set on 1" deep foot. Painted polychrome decoration predominantly in green, orange, pink and purple. Floral motifs scattered over outer surface. Outer border with elaborately foliated lower outline and several, regularly repeated elements including various diaper patterns, dragons' heads, and pendant cartouches. Outer surface of basal rim encircled by border composed of straight, scalloped, and dotted lines. Narrow serrated border at top of inner surface below which is a row of floral motifs connected by straight and undulating ribbons. Floral design in center. Rim gilded and possibly shellacked.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-4.3 Dia-10.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
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